capableness

2 definitions found

capableness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Capableness \Ca"pa*ble*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being capable; capability;
     adequateness; competency.
     [1913 Webster]

capableness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  capableness
      n 1: an aptitude that may be developed [syn: capability,
           capableness, potentiality] [ant: incapability,
           incapableness]
      2: the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually
         or legally; "he worked to the limits of his capability" [syn:
         capability, capableness] [ant: incapability,
         incapableness]